Fist Stick Knife Gun
  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807044490
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 136
  • RRP: $34.99

Fist Stick Knife Gun

A Personal History of Violence

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Paperback
1 Sep 2018
Paperback
1 Sep 2018
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Long before President Barack Obama praised his work as “an all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children,” and First Lady Michelle Obama called him “one of my heroes,” Geoffrey Canada was a small and scared boy growing up in the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where “sidewalk boys” learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, knife, and, finally, gun. In a stunning pairing, acclaimed comics creator Jamar Nicholas presents Canada’s raw and riveting account, one of the most authentic and important true stories of urban violence ever told.
  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807044490
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 136
  • RRP: $34.99
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  • PRAISE FOR GEOFFREY CANADA: "One of my heroes." --Michelle Obama; "Canada is a man of integrity and heart who knows what it takes to ensure that every child has a fair shot in life. His vision of a renewed Harlem community, and his accomplishments toward achieving it, attest to the power we all have to overcome poverty and hopelessness in America." --President Bill Clinton; "Canada's work is a model for the nation." --Marian Wright Edelman"; "One of the few authentic heroes of New York and one of the best friends children have, or ever will have, in our nation." --Jonathan Kozol